I Was A Russian Spy And Failed A Mission

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Jack Barsky explains how he began working for the KGB and had a collective mission failure.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 3,8 тис.

  • @AdioAsh
    @AdioAsh 6 років тому +4445

    "However weird you are, there's always somebody more weird." Perfect description of NYC.

    • @tonytopi552
      @tonytopi552 5 років тому +22

      Facts

    • @Petey0707
      @Petey0707 5 років тому +22

      Same is true for LA

    • @monkkenyon2539
      @monkkenyon2539 5 років тому +6

      Austin Tx. Keep austin weird is their actual model.

    • @notcash7253
      @notcash7253 5 років тому +9

      When I tell you I read this as he spoke it

    • @krishafyme
      @krishafyme 5 років тому +2

      Lol

  • @MitchellWiggs
    @MitchellWiggs 6 років тому +8661

    Did I just watch a ten minute long commercial for a book

  • @NoName-rq8ec
    @NoName-rq8ec 6 років тому +3828

    He rushed B, but forgot to flash.

    • @d4rk891
      @d4rk891 6 років тому +6

      Simple 1 ahahahha😂😂

    • @anth0nyandrew
      @anth0nyandrew 6 років тому +8

      he coulda just threw his awp and used it as a fake flash s1mple:)

    • @popcornmaster1419
      @popcornmaster1419 6 років тому +11

      @@anth0nyandrew
      You rush B with p90

    • @karuna.karan.9765
      @karuna.karan.9765 6 років тому +5

      Cyka blyat :P

    • @1Mackinzoid
      @1Mackinzoid 6 років тому +9

      The prob is not that he forgot to flash. The problem is that he rushed b. Treating his life like it's an eco round.

  • @ztd32tr0y9
    @ztd32tr0y9 6 років тому +3217

    If someone made this guy's life story into a movie I'd definitely watch it

    • @armancz
      @armancz 6 років тому +27

      The Americans, watch it

    • @dudedude4615
      @dudedude4615 6 років тому +3

      me to

    • @bettertelevision968
      @bettertelevision968 6 років тому +7

      there is alredy tv show about it called blacklist

    • @abojasem99
      @abojasem99 5 років тому +12

      @@armanczI'm not an American I'll still watch it if it becomes a movie to compare old spaying tactics with modern technological ones.

    • @armancz
      @armancz 5 років тому +7

      @@abojasem99 The Americans is a TV show :D

  • @leeolsson5271
    @leeolsson5271 6 років тому +6515

    “How ever weird you are there’s always somebody more weird.” I just love that part, cause it’s so true.

    • @Ari_elf95
      @Ari_elf95 6 років тому +23

      Lee Olsson especially in NY lol

    • @Rockinashy
      @Rockinashy 6 років тому +28

      Lee Olsson but what if YOURE the weirdest?? and no one else is weirder?? 😧

    • @halleys.comett
      @halleys.comett 6 років тому +39

      Rockinashy then the most boring person is weirder to you in your eyes

    • @cherrylime2660
      @cherrylime2660 6 років тому +1

      Lee Olsson o

    • @byjenniferdang
      @byjenniferdang 6 років тому +1

      Lee Olsso

  • @samuelgrasia493
    @samuelgrasia493 2 роки тому +256

    He is actually an active KGB agent disguised as retired KGB agent
    Well played

  • @jocelynli5161
    @jocelynli5161 6 років тому +3645

    This can literally be turned into a movie

    • @hevke8564
      @hevke8564 6 років тому +138

      omg, imagine if it were a series. I would watch tf out of that.

    • @two-face1041
      @two-face1041 6 років тому +18

      Justin Brinkerhoff it probably will

    • @prettybitch7870
      @prettybitch7870 6 років тому +15

      Justin Brinkerhoff *I would love that*

    • @edenweisman4676
      @edenweisman4676 6 років тому +6

      Justin Brinkerhoff so true

    • @ArmandoMendoza
      @ArmandoMendoza 6 років тому +8

      Justin Brinkerhoff is a MUST !

  • @MLSoll
    @MLSoll 6 років тому +3574

    The way he tells his story is so interesting

  • @kross777rlsh9
    @kross777rlsh9 6 років тому +591

    "I looked at the questionair and said....SH*T"
    LMAO

  • @1savage325
    @1savage325 6 років тому +405

    His grandkids must have so much fun with all these stories

    • @hazellelabra5531
      @hazellelabra5531 6 років тому

      1 savage yesss

    • @philm695
      @philm695 6 років тому

      (Grandchildren)

    • @Dragololo
      @Dragololo 6 років тому +3

      Phil M no, there is nothing wrong with his grammar

    • @jonathonjackie2235
      @jonathonjackie2235 6 років тому +6

      Hi kids let me tell you that one story of when I was a Russian spy .

  • @tcole603
    @tcole603 6 років тому +1113

    This is a reeeeeally good ad for a book..

    • @nimkal
      @nimkal 6 років тому +39

      lol ikr? the end was such a cliffhanger

    • @hamids4550
      @hamids4550 6 років тому +10

      it was a Ad

    • @aarguitar64
      @aarguitar64 6 років тому

      Everyone who writes a book these days sells them to people. Scientists, Philosophers, Journalists, etc all squeeze in their books to any debate, conversation, monologue or interview.

  • @PartySisyphus
    @PartySisyphus 6 років тому +1029

    Hey buzzfeed tell your editor to lay off the adderall these cuts are making me feel carsick

  • @danny_8223
    @danny_8223 6 років тому +1472

    *Mission failed. We’ll get them next time.*

  • @Efficiencyts
    @Efficiencyts 6 років тому +8463

    Who else loves this guy’s voice?

  • @thenobleace7418
    @thenobleace7418 5 років тому +607

    don't worry m8 I also failed the mission to steal my teacher's grading book .

    • @richardromero8049
      @richardromero8049 5 років тому +3

      Dildo Saurus I once accidentally got my math teachers

    • @danieldanylyuk1538
      @danieldanylyuk1538 4 роки тому +6

      Dildo Saurus lol I succeeded stealing my teachers whole math book key.

    • @amari2509
      @amari2509 4 роки тому

      do u even know what ur pfp is m8

    • @thenobleace7418
      @thenobleace7418 4 роки тому

      @@amari2509 yes its a creature in a game i used to play

    • @amari2509
      @amari2509 4 роки тому

      what game?

  • @thecookielegend
    @thecookielegend 6 років тому +7170

    Damn it, I wanted him to speak in Russian.

    • @petitcactusamer
      @petitcactusamer 6 років тому +60

      How we gonna understand him subs can be annoying

    • @burninggarlicbread7869
      @burninggarlicbread7869 6 років тому +124

      Lydia Wonderlost subs is easy

    • @petitcactusamer
      @petitcactusamer 6 років тому +29

      Zoya Haque Sometimes they are not fully synced with the audio...

    • @Noah.Philip
      @Noah.Philip 6 років тому +158

      I don't think he speaks Russian. He's German and to me it sounds like English is the only other language he ever learnt.

    • @michelleboulanger1361
      @michelleboulanger1361 6 років тому +27

      Blin

  • @RuaFae
    @RuaFae 6 років тому +2723

    So it turns out he probably is getting his own series!

    • @Cobrazay
      @Cobrazay 6 років тому +12

      Say hi to your assigned agent!

    • @GokkeSokkenDK
      @GokkeSokkenDK 6 років тому +2

      Vitaliya Miri Except KGB doesn't exist anymore

    • @jasperw.7930
      @jasperw.7930 6 років тому +27

      Glorbiie that's what they want you to think

    • @solothil4105
      @solothil4105 6 років тому +6

      Glorbiie As conspiracy like as it sounds, there’s no way of knowing for sure. If not the KGB I’m sure many countries have secret organizations with their own agendas.

    • @GokkeSokkenDK
      @GokkeSokkenDK 6 років тому +2

      Virginia wilkerson uhoh, better hide!

  • @usm1le
    @usm1le 5 років тому +580

    ᶦ’ᵐ ᵃ ˢᵖʸ, ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ʷʰʸ ᶦ’ᵐ ʷʰᶦˢᵖᵉʳᶦⁿᵍ...
    ˢʰʰʰʰʰ...

  • @bruhlioso2932
    @bruhlioso2932 6 років тому +1269

    “Mission failed we’ll get em next time”

  • @aryagunawan8533
    @aryagunawan8533 6 років тому +2179

    This guy is very lucky he still alive right now. What are the odds of Soviet spies surviving from a failed mission.?

    • @mediatrix.471
      @mediatrix.471 6 років тому +106

      Arya Gunawan as long as they’re Russian they can survive a failed mission to mars xDDD

    • @maddonotcare
      @maddonotcare 6 років тому +140

      Have you even watched the video? it was a collective failure, not his fault.

    • @aryagunawan8533
      @aryagunawan8533 6 років тому +7

      Mad:) Oh then it was my fault, i didnt watch the video yet. I just only see the title lol..

    • @the_skips
      @the_skips 6 років тому +6

      Reality Productions Cool story, but seems like you are the one who was brainwashed. XD

    • @yaboyjonez9476
      @yaboyjonez9476 6 років тому

      Arya Gunawan very slim

  • @sartreplagiarizedmyunborns9104
    @sartreplagiarizedmyunborns9104 6 років тому +1575

    This poor old man probably doesn't even know about buzzfeed's affiliations and reputation. He probably thought he's being interviewed by some serious news channel. What he got was a sexist meme machine. FeelsBadMan

    • @hydevanhelsing5063
      @hydevanhelsing5063 6 років тому +96

      I don't know dude...3.8 million views is nothing to sneeze at...

    • @tristinjudd2595
      @tristinjudd2595 6 років тому +37

      @@hydevanhelsing5063 That just shows there are 3.8 million feminists worldwide that watch buzz feed

    • @shirley6067
      @shirley6067 6 років тому +3

      ikr

    • @german_shepherd_dog9169
      @german_shepherd_dog9169 6 років тому +44

      @@shea2111 With a name like "Sausage Cream," nobody will ever believe you.

    • @daisychainmilk
      @daisychainmilk 6 років тому +53

      You do realize that Buzzfeed is a pretty well respected news source? Buzzfeed does report serious news stories.

  • @Jmack7861
    @Jmack7861 6 років тому +4830

    That's insane that he trained himself so well to not have an accent

    • @anni2837
      @anni2837 6 років тому +450

      imlee888 when you live in the us you lose your accent. It’s normal. I am german myself and after a year i didn’t sound german anymore.

    • @willh2822
      @willh2822 6 років тому +451

      Annika thats because you are young. Once you're over the age of 20 it's almost impossible to lose your original accent

    • @dylanmccc
      @dylanmccc 6 років тому +209

      imlee888 he does have one

    • @justinezoe2820
      @justinezoe2820 6 років тому +117

      Well I guess I did the impossible several times then, go me! It is absolutely possible to loose your original accent as an adult, it just demands a little more work than if you start learning as a child.

    • @livialovee
      @livialovee 6 років тому +57

      A family friend trained away a thick Irish accent.... Cost a lot and took a LOT of work. 30 years later his wife still has the thickest accent you'll ever hear

  • @kendra2540
    @kendra2540 6 років тому +4713

    I love how he lost his accent every once in a while XD

    • @Timmyforyou
      @Timmyforyou 6 років тому +407

      KendraDaGamerZ no. His accent is in certain words and phrases. Im russian but i was born in america and i know his accent is real

    • @kendra2540
      @kendra2540 6 років тому +162

      Wamino I didn't say his accent wasn't real I can easily tell it is he just lost it on certain words I know it's real tho

    • @TMovesPieces
      @TMovesPieces 6 років тому +25

      SERPENTS FOREVER

    • @K_Shorts_Yt
      @K_Shorts_Yt 6 років тому +2

      200th like

    • @chloekieper
      @chloekieper 6 років тому +81

      KendraDaGamerZ that’s just like my Grandfather! He’s 100% Swiss, and his accent is sooo strong but sometimes it breaks and it’s like “who dis?!”

  • @syhhaf
    @syhhaf 6 років тому +2594

    interesting mission

  • @Breanna_Unmasked
    @Breanna_Unmasked 6 років тому +424

    They need to put him in the next Taken movie with Liam. That voice is addictive.

    • @nimkal
      @nimkal 6 років тому +2

      Or in a new Jason Bourne movie 😎

  • @rosaliecrawford1841
    @rosaliecrawford1841 6 років тому +3112

    Please do more of these! They’re so interesting, and more people my age need to appreciate people’s experiences in recent history. ♥️

    • @rosierose8549
      @rosierose8549 6 років тому +7

      Navy Rosie they have another video speaking on buzzfeed blue called how I faked being an American.

    • @rosaliecrawford1841
      @rosaliecrawford1841 6 років тому +3

      Heather Wyckoff awesome thanks ☺️ I’ll check it out

    • @morgan2894
      @morgan2894 6 років тому +4

      Navy Rosie you’ll have to read his book so he gets some profit from being in these videos

    • @swigdagamerps4558
      @swigdagamerps4558 6 років тому +1

      Navy Rosie maybe not so many people want a bounty on their heads for revealing information. (For more current organizations)

    • @JamesBond-mq7pd
      @JamesBond-mq7pd 6 років тому +2

      Ha old are you?

  • @ari-xk4mf
    @ari-xk4mf 6 років тому +338

    *he said W T*
    *A*

  • @ziljin
    @ziljin 6 років тому +3448

    Brave man who is not afraid of getting poisoned by a nerve agent

    • @mediatrix.471
      @mediatrix.471 6 років тому +13

      ziljin you are everywhere

    • @Pro_Fuze
      @Pro_Fuze 6 років тому +1

      xXMediaTrix ikr

    • @mouzube
      @mouzube 6 років тому +52

      He’s been talking for years.

    • @joshuamondebelen1627
      @joshuamondebelen1627 6 років тому +43

      Well he wasn't technically a russian, he was an East German. I guess that's an exception.

    • @richardseaman9086
      @richardseaman9086 6 років тому +58

      ziljin if he was KGB then he would have worked for the Soviet Union which ended in 1991. I doubt Russia really cares.

  • @RuaFae
    @RuaFae 6 років тому +2934

    He’s so interesting I love it so much.

    • @m.w.6526
      @m.w.6526 6 років тому +1

      The Soviets should have won

    • @rickyspanish7851
      @rickyspanish7851 6 років тому

      Max W no communism is a hard 🤣👌

  • @alamagoseniora8128
    @alamagoseniora8128 6 років тому +542

    secret agent, failed mission = failed filling a form. lmao

    • @rida_brahim
      @rida_brahim 6 років тому +13

      filling the form is the access to complete the mission so he didn't do that and the guy failed the whole mission before it began

    • @fleeplayTV
      @fleeplayTV 6 років тому +20

      still very anticlimactic, You will think they got his identity, he had to run or hide on enemy lines, no...he failed a form and went back because they couldn't establish a proper high school background.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 6 років тому +27

      ​@@fleeplayTV That'd be a great movie scene.
      Clerk is stamping paper in slow motion, while tense music plays.
      A few seconds and the stamp thuds with a thunderous boom.
      Lifts stamp to show papers: DENIED
      Cut to scene of agent at phone, asking to be picked up; the mission was a failure.

    • @nIrUbU01
      @nIrUbU01 6 років тому +27

      yea, i guess real life simply isnt as interesting as movies or computer games

    • @verbfrombonsai8852
      @verbfrombonsai8852 6 років тому +11

      @Jacob Unger He explained that if he wrote a fictitious high school there, they might check on data on that said school and find out he did not actually study there. There is no internet, but you can make a call. So he will be deported anyways.

  • @adamh2312
    @adamh2312 6 років тому +583

    Stop it with the constant camera movements

  • @elijahbotsyan1
    @elijahbotsyan1 6 років тому +2598

    He’s either very well trained, or just a normal American playin with all of us😂

    • @MrDestan01
      @MrDestan01 6 років тому +186

      or he played alot off call of duty and thinks his playing it in real life

    • @reneel7877
      @reneel7877 6 років тому +14

      Propaganda 🎶

    • @renownedoreo5171
      @renownedoreo5171 6 років тому +12

      He looks german

    • @viktort.6415
      @viktort.6415 6 років тому +25

      He is not playing around my friend

    • @Runescapebones
      @Runescapebones 6 років тому +5

      potato he was born in east Germany

  • @yasminmahdi1549
    @yasminmahdi1549 5 років тому +127

    There's a part 2 to this,
    The title is called "helped the FBI after leaving the KGB"

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 Рік тому +1

      haha. He definitely did. The FBI agent who caught him is the godfather of one of his children

  • @ericsullivan7190
    @ericsullivan7190 6 років тому +893

    Next week on Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Unexplained Death of Jack Barsky

  • @1_chill_cellist
    @1_chill_cellist 6 років тому +738

    Mission failed we’ll get ‘em next time

    • @Waitedmonkey
      @Waitedmonkey 6 років тому

      Too soon 💀

    • @yaboyjonez9476
      @yaboyjonez9476 6 років тому +3

      I is no one no one at all All you had to do was follow the train CJ

    • @firzafirst4897
      @firzafirst4897 6 років тому

      Karina Rios did you come up with that one yourself

    • @biki1254
      @biki1254 6 років тому

      U copied the real Joseph

    • @FolkLaurr
      @FolkLaurr 6 років тому

      I've seen this same exact comment 4 other times on this video, what's the deal?

  • @blazbohinc5735
    @blazbohinc5735 6 років тому +26

    Damn, if his brain goes so quick at this age, imagine what he was like younger. He must've been completely insane

  • @rajan2493
    @rajan2493 6 років тому +888

    *MISSION FAILED ! WE’LL GET EM NEXT TIME*

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 6 років тому +3145

    In Russia, you don't fail the mission, the mission fails you.
    Nevermind that doesn't make any sense.

    • @lt.youtube4113
      @lt.youtube4113 6 років тому +14

      Nice try XD

    • @vivienm2436
      @vivienm2436 6 років тому +26

      Im getting aquaruia "i don't define drag, drag is difined by me" flasbacks. Only some will get that refrence..

    • @fateisuponyou
      @fateisuponyou 6 років тому +6

      why aRE YOU GETTING LIKE EVERY SINGLE TOP COMMENT NOW 😂

    • @sackofwack4964
      @sackofwack4964 6 років тому +7

      Soviet Russia*

    • @consolemainnoob8102
      @consolemainnoob8102 6 років тому +1

      Why do I see you EVERYWHERE

  • @soundaholixx
    @soundaholixx 6 років тому +421

    1. Make this video
    2. Write autobiography
    3. ?????
    4. Profit

  • @faiza7533
    @faiza7533 6 років тому +1583

    I'm glad he's back I love him

    • @jhonoudeis4402
      @jhonoudeis4402 6 років тому +4

      Faiza hey ... I am glad you give me your back, I love it

    • @yaboyjonez9476
      @yaboyjonez9476 6 років тому +2

      Faiza Glad I'm him he's back I love

    • @samboodeh
      @samboodeh 6 років тому

      Jhon Oudeis nice one weirdo.. you honestly think she’s gonna head over heels over the idea?

    • @samboodeh
      @samboodeh 6 років тому

      Faiza where else was he on? 😊

    • @faiza7533
      @faiza7533 6 років тому +2

      samboodeh He was in a bunch of this channels videos, if you type in 'buzzfeedblue spy' you'll get all of them 😊

  • @CarmeniKandi
    @CarmeniKandi 6 років тому +333

    He's giving me Liam Neeson vibes

  • @kenadams9024
    @kenadams9024 5 років тому +124

    I once also failed a mission to follow a train

    • @Unknown-zi7wx
      @Unknown-zi7wx 5 років тому +21

      Dr. Drake Ramoray All you had to do was to follow the damn train CJ

    • @Ahmed-DB
      @Ahmed-DB 5 років тому +1

      @@Unknown-zi7wx lol

    • @godemisempire8225
      @godemisempire8225 4 роки тому +1

      Damn CJ

    • @mattmysterious866
      @mattmysterious866 3 роки тому

      it's not funny once you change your name and pfp

    • @kenadams9024
      @kenadams9024 3 роки тому

      @@mattmysterious866 oh no i had a pfp of joey earlier

  • @emilaaaybby
    @emilaaaybby 6 років тому +88

    I couldn’t be a spy I tell my mom everything 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @chocolatedonut6172
    @chocolatedonut6172 6 років тому +271

    "And he said WHAT"😂😂😂 love that part

  • @theclassicmanila-style8435
    @theclassicmanila-style8435 6 років тому +71

    This dude sounds and talks like a hardboiled detective from the filmnoir movies of the 1950s

  • @Luvisragee
    @Luvisragee 6 років тому +143

    Mission failed!! We’ll get em next time!!

  • @ohlook6222
    @ohlook6222 6 років тому +747

    He looks like a sweet old man..... welp

    • @ivyyy_cs4580
      @ivyyy_cs4580 6 років тому +32

      Rin Music thats what a spy want you to think

    • @nonameneededd
      @nonameneededd 6 років тому +7

      Looks are deceiving my friend!

    • @kai-lf4tn
      @kai-lf4tn 6 років тому +1

      how many people do y’all think this sweet old man has killed

    • @neogening3792
      @neogening3792 6 років тому +7

      kai ! most spies don’t kill anyone

    • @kai-lf4tn
      @kai-lf4tn 6 років тому +1

      you never know ...

  • @gorillagvngebk
    @gorillagvngebk 5 років тому +57

    I wish Some guy came to my Door And offered me a Government Job😂😂 Damn times have changed Lmao

  • @Nyancatxo
    @Nyancatxo 6 років тому +2393

    he's gonna die next week of 'unexplainable consequences'

    • @Nyancatxo
      @Nyancatxo 6 років тому +56

      kaship98 it's a joke but alright.

    • @DustyFae
      @DustyFae 6 років тому +5

      Do not worry, he will have a life what ever to have to deal with later , forgiving himself is hard , i would think

    • @enzosw
      @enzosw 6 років тому +54

      Aisha And then Ryan and Shane will make a BuzzFeed Unsolved episode on him

    • @xoxMusikxox
      @xoxMusikxox 6 років тому +20

      my thoughts too... I'm a bit worried for his safety, but it's probably unfounded. I love all the videos he's in.

    • @Floorite
      @Floorite 6 років тому +2

      Enzo Swedianto lols, isn't the next episode supposed to come out today ?

  • @David_Me825
    @David_Me825 6 років тому +193

    Somehow i think this guy still works for Russian government

    • @Dushan88
      @Dushan88 3 роки тому +4

      You really think that Russians would hire someone who speak about KGB publicly

    • @David_Me825
      @David_Me825 3 роки тому +15

      @@Dushan88 Yea. Especialy when this guy is not telling anything serious.

    • @cottoncandace7704
      @cottoncandace7704 3 роки тому +10

      @@David_Me825 he's a good storyteller but i doubt real kgb (even former) would be going public
      Also i read somewhere that when former "spies" write books and memoirs is actually they are told to do it, usually there's an agenda behind it because why isn't there any valuable information in these so called spy books, it's stuff we already know.

    • @Collin212
      @Collin212 3 роки тому +7

      @@Dushan88 its the perfect cover to hide in plain sight

    • @hauptfachhauptfach6202
      @hauptfachhauptfach6202 3 роки тому +2

      @@David_Me825 he cant say anything extremely serious that country he worked with has intel and he cant say it its classified thats why he said no question nothing just listen

  • @injusticevii
    @injusticevii 6 років тому +131

    Drinking game take a sip of your drink everytime they do a camera angle change ..why tf is there a camera angle change every 5 seconds tho ...

    • @H3adl3sschick3n
      @H3adl3sschick3n 6 років тому +1

      Oracle VII for dramatic effect

    • @Lunibruniful
      @Lunibruniful 6 років тому +7

      tried it, got alcohol poisoning after 30 seconds.

    • @collybeans586
      @collybeans586 6 років тому +1

      So he's cool and not enemy.

    • @Akaoftt
      @Akaoftt 6 років тому +1

      keeps the audience engaged

    • @colombianosanti14
      @colombianosanti14 6 років тому

      to keep it interesting

  • @toothless-grizzly7907
    @toothless-grizzly7907 6 років тому +487

    I though he was going to say something like ‘ *A bounty hunter was after me and they almost killed me*’ but never mind the story is interesting anyway.

  • @adlwilliams
    @adlwilliams 4 роки тому +40

    Evolution of KGB operations
    1980s: Elaborate multi-year plan to establish our smartest agent's capital, connections, back story, etc.
    2016: Troll farm

  • @edwinalonso2097
    @edwinalonso2097 6 років тому +130

    What if he's still a spy 🤯

  • @HassanPoyo
    @HassanPoyo 6 років тому +50

    one of the coolest stories ive ever heard

  • @joshuaprieto4795
    @joshuaprieto4795 4 роки тому +18

    I was a spy once.. as a class vice president i sneak into our teachers desk and took a pic of the questionares of our future quiz.. i failed.
    Turned out it was our homework.

  • @fugazi7301
    @fugazi7301 6 років тому +43

    So much information in just ten minutes

  • @jg3806
    @jg3806 6 років тому +70

    This man could probably kill us by staring

  • @Diana-mc9lj
    @Diana-mc9lj 2 роки тому +28

    This man is the epitome of being in the right place, at the right moment.
    How did you get into this? “I was in my room and someone from KGB knocked at my door”

    • @IhaveaDoghouse
      @IhaveaDoghouse 2 роки тому +1

      LOL They weren't going door to door asking anyone, they knew he was a loyal communist who got good grades and were looking for him specifically.

    • @kevinwheeler5595
      @kevinwheeler5595 2 роки тому +2

      Agents and officers are almost always recruited in high school or college. Its not something you apply for. They find you

  • @caketta
    @caketta 6 років тому +383

    I would like to hear his opinion on the Russian spy poisoning in the U.K.

    • @predatel_rodini
      @predatel_rodini 6 років тому +3

      MicrosoftBob вы всё врете 🤥, это всё неправда, товарищ.

    • @kellywilson5887
      @kellywilson5887 6 років тому +17

      It happened a few minutes away from me! I live in Salisbury 😦 can’t believe my small city would be this famous😂

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaa_99
      @aaaaaaaaaaaa_99 6 років тому +5

      Kelly Wilson I don’t live very far away either. I’m from totton and it really shocked me that something so big would happen so nearby!

    • @jamielee8601
      @jamielee8601 6 років тому +1

      Kelly Wilson right! literally nothing ever happens Salisbury and now all this shits going down 😂

    • @krocsandsocs4286
      @krocsandsocs4286 6 років тому

      MicrosoftBob failure

  • @pl98774
    @pl98774 6 років тому +1347

    "Headquarters of the KGB in Germany"
    Buzzfeed is showing the headquarters of the KGB in Moscow...
    Well done researching! 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @themasonguy6588
      @themasonguy6588 6 років тому +7

      Para Leptica I don’t get it

    • @tarikkarakoca9219
      @tarikkarakoca9219 6 років тому +85

      The Mason Guy he was talking about the hq in Germany, but the editor showed pictures of the Russian HQ

    • @gemmydoadance1593
      @gemmydoadance1593 6 років тому +95

      the KGB HQ in East Germany, which is no longer a country (Germany was reunified in 1990), DEFINITELY no longer exists. And due to the Iron Curtain, they would have no public photographic record of it, either.

    • @leekbenzi
      @leekbenzi 6 років тому +2

      Ich weiss bro

    • @DocLeQuack
      @DocLeQuack 6 років тому +7

      Gemmy Doadance Also I believe the building was demolished shortly after reunification for pretty obvious reasons.

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 6 років тому +170

    Wtf an ad? Seriously? You can't leave us hanging like this.

  • @PattyASMRPatterns
    @PattyASMRPatterns 6 років тому +33

    Absolutely LOVE this series. I am ordering his book stat. So interesting, great character, fascinating history. Thank you Jack Barsky for being an invaluable primary source. I'm a super fan, I don't care that you were KGB, all is forgiven.

  • @j.davidmartinez9963
    @j.davidmartinez9963 6 років тому +8

    "New York was a good pick, because somebody like me with the weird backstory, however weird you are there was always somebody more weird..." Ain't that the damn truth lmfao

  • @runaway3212
    @runaway3212 6 років тому +43

    And now I’m ready to spill the bean

    • @jasonlefler3456
      @jasonlefler3456 5 років тому +4

      I noticed that as well.
      There really is only one bean, in the end.

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo 6 років тому +1495

    Why are there so many cuts? It's making me nauseous. It's like the editor has severe ADD or sometihng.

    • @carlosmatos9848
      @carlosmatos9848 6 років тому +144

      Buzzfeed

    • @stoneocean4760
      @stoneocean4760 6 років тому +71

      you gotta get that 10min ad revenue boii

    • @ottolaakso1944
      @ottolaakso1944 6 років тому +110

      Most human beings don't speak in perfect uninterrupted sentences all the time, and don't necessarily tell things in a logical or linear manner. So in order to construct a video that is easy to follow and doesn't feel boring you have to cut a lot of unnecessary phrases and pauses out, as well as rearrange the order in which the phrases were said in. Editing a video like this is like writing a script, but instead of starting with a blank page and having to make everything up yourself, you piece it together from the things the interviewee said, even phrase by phrase sometimes. While the cutting pace may not be ideal, and it may even feel annoying, I guarantee you the video would be much more boring if they just let his answers play out.

    • @glamjordanj
      @glamjordanj 6 років тому +2

      damn so that means the reality tv editors have ADD too oof

    • @smiley_face2872
      @smiley_face2872 6 років тому +2

      *ADHD

  • @wongawonga1000
    @wongawonga1000 4 роки тому +49

    After having gone to so much trouble to train Barsky and get him into the US, I'm astounded that the KGB hadn't provided him with sufficient verifiable information to apply for a US passport. This is even more surprising given that presumably there must have been other KGB agents who'd successfully attained US passports prior to Barsky meaning the KGB should have known the process and briefed him on what was required.

    • @pereirafernando7413
      @pereirafernando7413 2 роки тому

      Seems to be poor work on the KGB’s part.

    • @leslie6938
      @leslie6938 Рік тому +1

      Things were different in pre-internet, pre hi tech America. And the KGB had to start somewhere. So i can see how he could’ve been the first, or one of the first facing the more extensive passport application.
      Everything wasn’t as structured and buttoned up then. There weren’t centralized databases with complete, uniform info readily available. The US agent was paying attention and properly trained. Training and procedures evolve over time, maybe they’d recently instituted new guidelines or additional agent training, for example.
      I recently saw a video about airplane hijackings and airport security measures in the 70s. Thats when the public began to travel by air as it became more affordable and accessible to the upper reaches of the rapidly growing middle class. As a new and growing business and consumer travel mode, it took time to recognise the dangers exploitable and weaknesses. People and baggage weren't screened or searched, both went right on the plane. It took a few hijackings and murders by plane for the industry to realize how vulnerable air flight was.
      You could arrive at the gate 5 min before takeff and walk on the plane. You could give a ticket you’d bought to another person if something came up and you couldnt
      travel at that time. You could switch your seat on the plane if there was another empty seat you liked better. I give these examples to show that knowledge and attitudes were different, back then.
      Technology and info availability grew leaps and bounds over the last 40ish years. So i think this KGB’s agent’s experience was quite believable. The only way the KGB would learn about procedural details like the info required on the most recent customs application version would be to learn it through spying.

    • @alfredoaraujo7756
      @alfredoaraujo7756 Рік тому

      Yes you right KGB could have back him up as professional spies’ school. Nonetheless acted as an amateur spy school. My take on that is that KGB has shown this amateur style in a number of occasion, so they have more name than they deserve. Luck of us.

  • @senti7965
    @senti7965 4 роки тому +11

    Ancient one : i am 2 years late of this youtube recommendations...

  • @katrinarnadottir8596
    @katrinarnadottir8596 6 років тому +345

    Me when I can't find the guy my friend flirted with...

  • @dr.kd_gaming203
    @dr.kd_gaming203 6 років тому +254

    He didn’t fail the mission the mission failed him

    • @finn9889
      @finn9889 6 років тому

      Sav .k7 that doesn't make sense

    • @zeyden6801
      @zeyden6801 6 років тому +4

      You copied the guy

  • @sevzakrevasky
    @sevzakrevasky 6 років тому +16

    "I was a Russian spy and I failed a Mission"
    *Forgot to replace the cheese sandwich to a ham sandwich*

  • @theeHeisenberg
    @theeHeisenberg 6 років тому +6

    He's still a spy, hiding in plain sight. It's BRILLIANT

  • @troglodytic6masses708
    @troglodytic6masses708 6 років тому +205

    Of course he has a book...

    • @265darkmirror
      @265darkmirror 6 років тому +1

      Troglodytic 6 Masses are you a traveling man?

    • @kevinwhite3237
      @kevinwhite3237 6 років тому

      @@265darkmirror 🤐

    • @quinnzykir
      @quinnzykir 6 років тому +2

      I’d read it

    • @SerjEpic
      @SerjEpic 5 років тому +3

      From kgb to capitalism!

  • @pendronator
    @pendronator 5 років тому +81

    *Mission failed, boys, we'll get 'em next time.*

  • @MissionaryInMexico
    @MissionaryInMexico 6 років тому +120

    I talk in my sleep so spygame is out.

  • @imsofuckenproudofyoumac5634
    @imsofuckenproudofyoumac5634 6 років тому +2017

    You dont spill tea you spill beans
    Lolol whys everyone tryin to get logical with me? 😂😂please learn how to take a joke..

  • @MrSin909
    @MrSin909 6 років тому +27

    This guy is the best salesman lol

  • @TheBogdanator
    @TheBogdanator 5 років тому +86

    A KGB agent failed a mission because he had to fill a form up. 😂

    • @inhisservice8862
      @inhisservice8862 5 років тому +1

      OMFG. I LAUGHED at this!!! It's SO true!!!
      One point for Bureacracy!!! LOLOL~!!!

    • @wonderwoman6019
      @wonderwoman6019 5 років тому +1

      Bureaucracy, hilarious!!
      However, let’s train you to fake join the Taliban, etc. as a spy...😱

    • @zabihullahghouri7194
      @zabihullahghouri7194 4 роки тому +1

      @@wonderwoman6019 Hey man..he will still be unable to become the president😂😂😂

  • @MrBLAA
    @MrBLAA 5 років тому +81

    “You’d get to live the good life (in capitalist France, USA, etc)!”
    ... a system in which you’re trying to destroy.
    Oh the irony🤦‍♂️

    • @felixsubakti6907
      @felixsubakti6907 5 років тому +6

      That's an undercover's dilemma, some would learn to love their double life so much they won't be willing to go home

    • @Kingx90
      @Kingx90 4 роки тому

      felix subakti is this true? Interesting.

  • @rodrigofluhr
    @rodrigofluhr 2 роки тому +2

    In the podcast THE AGENT he tells his story in details, it's amazing.

  • @aidanmiller3721
    @aidanmiller3721 5 років тому +79

    Me: sees a video about the USSR
    Also me: sees it’s buzzfeed
    *A small price to pay for salvation*

  • @SunlessPeriwinkle
    @SunlessPeriwinkle 6 років тому +31

    The way he tells story is just so interesting and suspenseful, I love it.

  • @iron60bitch62
    @iron60bitch62 4 роки тому +13

    I was a bartender in UN in New York and I remember meeting this guy and I remember mentioning it to an individual who was an American liaison to w Germany at the time. I remember him asking a lot of personal questions and I remember him asking me about my education I just thought it was very intrusive conversation. I also remember he had a date at this party or reception the date was a guy a very young guy if I remember

    • @remi8462
      @remi8462 2 роки тому

      O O

    • @awsal3285
      @awsal3285 2 роки тому +2

      Source: trust me bro

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 Рік тому

      The guy is heterosexual to the core. I just watched him on Lex Friedman.

  • @thebantabrigade9130
    @thebantabrigade9130 6 років тому +1386

    I bet this guy has been to mars to

    • @RecklessLemur
      @RecklessLemur 6 років тому +33

      The Banta Brigade *too

    • @dying_allthetime
      @dying_allthetime 6 років тому +19

      To what?

    • @matthewmontano9695
      @matthewmontano9695 6 років тому +14

      *too

    • @Patrick-ts6uc
      @Patrick-ts6uc 6 років тому +7

      Don't judge his grammar it's furnny ( If someone says that i can't spell, eat a fucking sandwich)

    • @nesquik9579
      @nesquik9579 6 років тому +34

      Segs Bruh you can't spell, it's "funny"
      *Eats sandwich*

  • @TJtheBee
    @TJtheBee 6 років тому +17

    I won't lie - that book's looking real tempting. Might have to give it a read when I have the money. I'm also a writer, though a fiction writer, and having knowledge of spies and their work is absolutely helpful and inspiring.

  • @ToddiusMaximus
    @ToddiusMaximus 6 років тому +79

    Jon Voigt could play this guy

  • @johnsachar1406
    @johnsachar1406 6 років тому +29

    " And I said SHIIEEEET" 😂😂😂

  • @krqkan
    @krqkan 6 років тому +274

    Who edited this video?!
    More jumpcuts than a hardcore emo-parkourist

    • @julialetourneau7310
      @julialetourneau7310 6 років тому +2

      The Bulgarian Heist they probably cut out things that were unnecessary or would offend some people.

    • @phlstriker6899
      @phlstriker6899 6 років тому +1

      they showed the KGB headquarters in Moscow but he said Germany

    • @TairaDekretser
      @TairaDekretser 6 років тому

      'More jumpcuts than a hardcore emo-parkourist' jeeez lol

    • @Want2BeRs3
      @Want2BeRs3 6 років тому

      P H l StRiKeR the one in Germany no longer exist and they have no photo evidence of it so that’s probably why?

    • @phlstriker6899
      @phlstriker6899 6 років тому

      Well, yeah I guess

  • @b19gow76
    @b19gow76 4 роки тому +30

    Thinking about it this guy could still teachnicly be undercover

  • @etta5487
    @etta5487 6 років тому +5

    A few questions:
    How did the agents initially find him? And why him? He said it was obvious they were looking for him. And why did he agree? What urged him to join such a risky organization?

  • @Carols989
    @Carols989 6 років тому +5

    The more you hear about spies, the more you notice they aren't nowhere as slick as we thought lmao

  • @jrbluehen35
    @jrbluehen35 4 роки тому +209

    Looks like Putin’s father

  • @alexcritchley9988
    @alexcritchley9988 6 років тому +82

    hes gonna turn up poisoned on a bench in a couple of days from now

    • @katjabosters4762
      @katjabosters4762 6 років тому +4

      Alex James Jesus why should he. He worked for the ussr not Russia

    • @alexcritchley9988
      @alexcritchley9988 6 років тому +2

      Katja Bosters yes but the ussr doesnt exist anymore, and he could still leak information that is important to the russian government, or something that they are trying to cover up, so it doesnt really matter who he worked for in the end

    • @chunkypictures6996
      @chunkypictures6996 6 років тому +14

      If he was going to leak anything important he would have done it a long time ago lol

    • @paddyjones7851
      @paddyjones7851 6 років тому

      The skripals colapsed next to my bust stop

    • @jackbeaker7094
      @jackbeaker7094 6 років тому

      Gatlin Downey Russia poisoned two ex Russian spy’s in England and they was called skripals

  • @gabehaines9169
    @gabehaines9169 6 років тому +73

    And to the spies who didn’t fail their missions… most likely succeeded in joining the US government and still to this day effect it

  • @JohnDayDude
    @JohnDayDude 6 років тому +1

    Someone in Hollywood needs to pick this guy up as an actor. He has a great voice and does well on camera.

  • @moviedude22
    @moviedude22 6 років тому +80

    Singing voice in a thick Russian accent: *Keep spending most our lives livin' in a Workers Paradise. Been spending most our lives livin' in a Workers Paradise*

    • @setbackstreaming1214
      @setbackstreaming1214 6 років тому +3

      moviedude22 I'm satisfied with this reference. Thank you.

    • @AndreaMartinez-gw9cn
      @AndreaMartinez-gw9cn 6 років тому

      moviedude22 k

    • @wantdatcadpat44
      @wantdatcadpat44 6 років тому

      Nah, listen to Russian Paradise, it’s really good ;)

    • @Leo-pt9ei
      @Leo-pt9ei 6 років тому

      I read it in a hillbilly accent instead

    • @evelynzlon9492
      @evelynzlon9492 Місяць тому

      Some concentration camp type events happened at Nazimo Island in Stalinist Russia. I mentioned online that the first 4 letters of Nazimo are NAZI. People kept denying the connection. Nazi is only an acronym, they said. The Nazis were the Communists' enemies, they said. Now the KGB is telling us that the Communist mission was to establish a workers' paradise. Nazi literally stands for National Socialist WORKERS' Party.

  • @nicosheesh2012
    @nicosheesh2012 6 років тому +168

    these diffrent camera angles are so annoying

    • @wwavyy4517
      @wwavyy4517 6 років тому +5

      Nicolas Gorlach lmao right there’s no reasoning for doing it either😂

    • @GingerBallsOfDelight
      @GingerBallsOfDelight 6 років тому +1

      American camera editing

    • @kayatoast0927
      @kayatoast0927 6 років тому

      Every after damn sentence

  • @FlatEarthSwitzerland
    @FlatEarthSwitzerland 5 років тому +3

    6:00 "I felt like it was written on my forehead KGB but I got trough" 😂 LMAO

  • @savageantelope3306
    @savageantelope3306 6 років тому +13

    This is just a random thought but a video game about being a Cold War spy would be awesome

    • @oblomov9407
      @oblomov9407 6 років тому

      check out "death to spies"

  • @yusufbulbulia786
    @yusufbulbulia786 6 років тому +8

    Interesting!!!
    What do you do with a 'valuble asset' so to speak who failed filling out a form in the US?!...........
    A. Dispose of him/her?
    b.recruit another?
    C. use Mr X in another sort of mission?